The British left and the defence economy: Rockets, guns and kidney machines, 1970?û83

This book charts the dispute over defence spending between the left and business, government and the trade unions between 1970 and 1983. Whereas the left blamed Britain's postwar economic decline on its burdensome military commitments, successive governments used defence was a form of economic stimulus to promote jobs and sell weapons abroad.

• | Author: Keith Mc Loughlin
• | Publisher: Manchester University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 30, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1526144018
• | ISBN-13: 9781526144010